Yesterday (April 6) the Juno awards ceremony was held in Canada and both Nickelback and Theory Of A Deadman were up for awards. Well glory be, both acts left as winners: Theory took the category New Group of the Year whilst Chad Kroeger and his band Nickelback tied in the category of Songwriter of the Year: Chad Kroeger for “Hero” and Nickelback for “Too Bad” and “How You Remind Me.” Congratulations.

Consider these your advance warnings. On April 19th, and April 26th, the XFM Rock Show will be taken over for a 2 hour period by Max Cavalera (19th) and Corey Taylor (26th). The Rock Show runs from 8pm-midnight… the 2 hour takeover will occur within these hours. The prospect was so shocking, usual presenter Ian Camfield has vowed to be out of the country! Keep your ears tuned for ‘Max Presents’ and ‘Corey Presents’…

Stopped by our NEW RELEASES section lately? Check out the artwork for Junkie XL’s forthcoming single, Catch Up To My Step.

Back in February this year, Spineshank did a new photoshoot with photographer Matthew Welch… and today, the new batch of official Spineshank photos arrived. The first new photo of the band is up. You can see it 2 places: The band’s ARTIST page. Bigger, in the band’s PHOTO GALLERY. More photos to come.

Killswitch Engage are back in the country, and in fact terrorising Leeds tonight playing at the Cockpit. Called up Mike D’Antonio, KsE’s bassist, earlier today to see how things were, how the flight over was, if today’s instore at Crash went well, and so forth. So, we’ve got Mike on the phone… Mike, KsE: “Where are you?!” Kirsten, RR – “Here in the Roadrunner office, London.” Mike: “London?! What are you doing in London? We’re up here in Leeds!” Kirsten: “Sat here in London, about to write about you guys being up in Leeds.” Mike: “Get up here right now!” Kirsten: “Dude, you’re over 3 hours drive away. You’ll be in bed by the time I get there.” Mike: “I don’t care! I’m not answering any questions til you get up here!” [cackles] [some shuffling goes on] Adam, KsE’s guitarist: “Hey Kirsten! Where are ya?! Why aren’t you up here in Leeds?!” this could be a short phone call… Kirsten: “So Adam, how was the flight?” Adam: “Ah, you know, it was the red eye. We left at like 7pm our time and I didn’t sleep a wink. I stayed up all night watching romantic comedies… I’m such a girl!” [laughs heartily] Kirsten: “Heh. What did you watch?” Adam: “Hmmmm.. 2 Weeks Notice – Sandra Bullock with Hugh Grant. Kinda cute. But I needed a girl to giggle and snuggle up with! I befriended the dude next to me instead… but don’t worry, nothing happened.” Adam: “Do you know the worst bit was after we landed? We had some trouble with the tour bus meeting up with our tour manager or something and we ended up sitting in the airport arrivals lounge for like 10 hours!! Man, it was like the worst day of my life… I was so tired, it was like the middle of the night to us, I was just sitting there, drooling, all kinda ‘arrrrrgghhhh’.” Kirsten: “Ah man, that’s not good.” Adam: “I hafta say, the joy of my day was going to the little Wendys in the lounge area. I had one of their fabulous bean burgers.. and you know, I am SOOOO in love with HP Sauce.” Kirsten: “You don’t have that in the US?” Adam: “Nah man, the delights of the brown sauce. it’s kinda like our A1 I guess. Dude, I was putting that shit on with every bite.” Kirsten: “So, today was your first instore. How’d it go?” Adam: “Did ya see that thing I said before about how you guys can’t make pies over here? Putting shit like meat and horrible things in them? Well at the instore today, this kid came up to me and goes ‘Hey, I brought you this pie, I read what you said about us making pies over here.. this one’s blackcurrent’ – like isn’t that so sweet?! And it’s like my birthday today, so it’s I have a birthday blackcurrent pie! I’m gonna eat that later.. in fact, maybe I’ll eat that onstage later. And do you know, right after that he ran out and bought me a birthday card too! I have to find that guy later and give him a big ol’ hug… I’m just hoping he doesn’t want sex.” [chortles] Kirsten: “Anything else?” Adam: “We’re all trying to grow mustaches on this tour, but we’re not succeeding. You know Dice, our merchandise guy? His is AMAZING. I think he had a mega-headstart on us. The best besides Dice, is probably Tom, our drummer. Mine is terrible!! I’ve been growing it for 2 weeks and it’s so thin – it just looks like my lip is a little dirty! Maybe I should just draw one on, like with a sharpie marker pen or something. Ha! I know, I’ll just write ‘mustache’ in marker pen above my lip, that’ll do it. Actually, I’ll let you do it. This is the mustache tour…” Adam: “Oh, and you know what else?” Kirsten: “What…?” Adam: “I dyed my hair black. It was all blonde last time I was in the UK. I’ve been blonde for so long, when I first did it my mom was totally shocked and like ‘Who are you?! What have you done with Adam?!’ Ya know I like it now, but then, I was just going, ‘Man, I’m like the ugliest dude in the whole entire world!!'” And on that note, we wish Adam a great show and an even greater birthday… KsE touring the UK until April 11th… more to come…

Seeing as we made the rest of Theory Of A Deadman answer our questions, it was only fair that we pinned Tim, the band’s drummer, down as well. RR: Date of birth? Tim: “October 10, 1974” RR: Favourite tour story? Tim: “This one time, at band camp…” RR: Five words that describe you? Tim: “Big, annoying, ugly, not funny!” RR: One album you think everyone should own? Tim: “Nothing Shocking. Jane’s Addiction.” RR: Which famous person would you invite over for dinner and why them? Tim: “Paul McCartney, because he knew John Lennon.” RR: Best piece of advice you’ve been given? Tim: “Never forget where you came from.” RR: If I wasn’t in this band I would be… Tim: “Bored!!!” And so endeth our Theory of a Deadman profiles. Coming up next, Killswitch Engage.

Who? David is Theory Of A Deadman’s guitarist. RR: Date of birth? David: “April 21st, 1978.” RR: Favourite tour story? David: “I once accidentally showered in the wrong day room at the hotel! While I was showering someone was banging on the door and it wasn’t anyone I knew… I could have been murdered!” RR: Five words that describe you? David: “Six feet tall, 150 pounds.” RR: One album you think everyone should own? David: “Alice In Chains – Dirt.” RR: Which famous person, dead or alive, would you invite over for dinner and why them? David: “Layne Staley, because I would have enjoyed speaking with him. Unfortunately, I will never get the chance.” RR: Best piece of advice you’ve been given? David: “Live and learn, but nothing comes for free.” RR: If I wasn’t in this band I would be… David: “…in a different band.”

Time for more Type O Negative. Recently, the band completed a new photo shoot and we’ve just put up the very first approved new photo. You can see it 3 places: The band’s ARTIST page. Bigger, in the band’s PHOTO GALLERY. Biggest, as DESKTOP WALLPAPER. More photos to come.

Spotlight on: Dean Back, bassist for Theory Of A Deadman. RR: Date of birth? Dean: “August 22, 1975.” RR: Favourite tour story? Dean: “Vanilla Ice coming into our tour bus in Florida. Word to your mother.” RR: Five words that describe you? Dean: “Crown Royal and Coke, please.” RR: One album you think everyone should own? Dean: “Guns ‘N’ Roses, Appetite For Destruction.” RR: Which famous person, dead or alive, would you invite over for dinner and why them? Dean: “The Two Fat Ladies that cook because they can make a mean meal and they’re real hot.” RR: Best piece of advice you’ve been given? Dean: “Go with your gut.” RR: If I wasn’t in this band I would be… Dean: “A beer league hockey player with a shitty 9-5 job.”

Starting April 8th, Ether Seeds will be heading out on a mini-tour run out in the USA, six dates with Sevendust. If you like the rock – please check out our MUSIC section for your first listen, an MP3 download of “Save Your Own Life” is now up… Enjoy.